Public charity
Independent Order of Foresters
Foresters Common Bond informs its purpose is to champion the well-being of its members, their families and communities where they live, which it does through quality life insurance, unique member benefits, and inspiring community activities. Foresters is governed by its members.
- $9.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $3.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $242,708
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,417,409
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.2B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Independent Order of Foresters funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $3.1M | 40% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $2.6M | 17% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $2.2M | 67% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $1.4M | 75% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $2.1M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $4.2M | 67% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $3.8M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $3.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Order of Foresters Group Return | $4,915,813 | 2 | n/a |
| Kaboom Inc | $4,586,227 | 7 | 5% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $225,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Whole Kids Foundation | $191,776 | 3 | 2% |
| Ronald McDonald House Global | $101,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Marjaree Mason Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Little Free Library | $49,142 | 1 | 3% |
| Red Cross First Aid Concepts | $48,481 | 1 | n/a |
| Feeding Children Everywhere Inc | $45,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Clean Trails Inc | $39,147 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Order of Foresters Group Return | $4,915,813 | 2 | n/a |
| Kaboom Inc | $4,586,227 | 7 | 5% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $225,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Whole Kids Foundation | $191,776 | 3 | 2% |
| Ronald McDonald House Global | $101,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Marjaree Mason Center Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Little Free Library | $49,142 | 1 | 3% |
| Red Cross First Aid Concepts | $48,481 | 1 | n/a |
| Feeding Children Everywhere Inc | $45,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Clean Trails Inc | $39,147 | 3 | n/a |
| Food Forest | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Benchmark Destinations | $28,960 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the World Food Program Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of America | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($13M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Independent Order of Foresters supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Independent Order of Foresters
- How much does Independent Order of Foresters give?
- Independent Order of Foresters reported 5 itemized grants totaling $3,088,604, out of $9,138,693 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Independent Order of Foresters fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (20%), Human Services (13%), Membership Benefit (10%).
- Who are Independent Order of Foresters's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Independent Order of Foresters Group Return ($4.9M), Kaboom Inc ($4.6M), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($225k).
- Does Independent Order of Foresters fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Independent Order of Foresters?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
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